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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  10. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  11. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  12. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  13. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  14. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  15. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  16. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  17. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  18. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
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